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Publication
Synthetic Metals
Paper
Electronic structure of conducting π-electron systems
Abstract
We will discuss the application of one-electron band theory to several systems where π-electron delocalization has been experimentally established. We will use polyacetylene as our prototype and extend results on it to related polymers such as (SN)x, polypyrrole and poly(p-phenylene). We will particularly concentrate on those aspects of chemical bonding and symmetry which govern whether a given system will be semiconducting or metallic, and which scale its transport properties. © 1980.